is it uncanny to come to a stop and not feel anything vibrating like one is used to with engine idle ( now probably more common with start stop but I always disengage if I have to drive a car with it.)

Honest question: how many people outside of NYC pay for monthly garage valet parking? I’m not counting valet parking at a vacation resort or restaurant.

Ugh, my wife is the same way. Granola bar wrappers, 1/3rd full water bottles, dirt/sand/leaves on the floor from dirty boots, receipts, etc. She has a 6month old Nissan Leaf that I purposely abscond each week to clean out. I’ve brought it up time and time again, but she never changes. 

“The electric vehicle tax credit largely benefits the wealthiest Americans and costs taxpayers billions of dollars,” Barrasso said in a press release.

I surprised one of the Japanese conglomerates hasn’t bought the whole company, if only to boost their EV program to the front of the line. 

Not really ballsy. SuperCruise is the only system on the market that’s intended to be hands-free. Thus the reason it only works on OnStar-mapped highways, and the dash has cameras to make sure the driver is looking ahead.

Tesla fanboy (and shareholder) here: I’m not offended by the headline.

I actually had the Takata recall work out great for me. My wife went in for the recall on her Honda Insight, but they couldn’t get parts for another 4 months. They actually stored her car in a warehouse and gave us a free rental for 3 months until the parts came in.

I know Bollinger, I have a reservation for one. Bollinger isn’t really competing against Tesla though (at least until the Tesla pickup comes out), so there’s a mutual incentive to work together. 

Oh I completely agree with you, but I understand why other brands aren’t jumping up and down to pay money to Tesla too. 

Tesla has stated before they are open to licensing the Supercharger network to other brands if they chip in on maintaining the network, but no car brand wants to pay their competition to support a core function of their car (fast charging). 

The Miata got a 26hp bump. If Subaru added 26hp to the BRZ, people would just say they didn’t do enough, while people didn’t complain much about 155hp in the Miata...

We have the 360 cameras on our Nissan Leaf as well. It’s not just the rearview camera. There’s a camera on the front grill, on the bottom of each of the side mirrors pointed down, and then the one in the back.

I know, I have an EV already.

Depending on where you live, there can be lots of third party chargers. All EVs (including Tesla) support the standard Level 2 J1772 charging cord (either natively or with an adaptor). Where it differs is in the DC fast charger infrastructure, where most European EVs support the CCS fast charging standard and cars…

The whole “$9000" extra argument is moot until they actually release the base battery version of the Model 3, which they haven’t done yet. The ONLY version of the Model 3 you can buy today is the “Long Range” 310mile version.

Yeah, it seems like a sleeping bag tethered to the seat at a few anchor points would be ideal for this sort of thing.

I’m not sure about the lease part, but our financed 2018 Leaf is $71/month for full coverage through USAA, so if you’re getting $300/month insurance quotes, it’s time to shop around.

No it isn’t. Our 2018 Leaf is $71/month to insure through USAA with full coverage.

They did. It’s called the M40i and is has more power than a 340i/440i, and sounds like an M3.